I needed a jar opened this morning. I remembered I had found a nifty-looking item at the weekly church sale and was told it was a jar and bottle opener . We had all admired it and commented on how it had three sizes. Someone (it may have been me) said it looked like it had never been used.
I now know why.
I almost dropped the jar as I was trying to fit the ring around the top. Then I almost dropped it again in the attempts to twist it and loosen the lid.
The pretty yellow things was removed. A knife got picked up. Jar held on left palm. Right hand with knife took aim. Whack…whack… whack… Lid came off easily.
Having been so disparaging of this modern invention I may not toss it in the out-box and take it back to the other weekly church sale tomorrow. No. Maybe it works on jars with deeper lids. Maybe it is meant to be used left-handed. Maybe I was in too much of a hurry to get to the beets – they were delicious! Ever the optimist….